Now, take this item here. It's a little insulated lunch bag made by Lean Cuisine. It was part of a promotion to raise money for the Susan G. Komen foundation. Cost to me? $10. I happened to get one because I thought it was cute. The one I got was the one in the front there - white with the pink and orange swirly thingies and the pink handles. When it arrived, I opened it up, and while yes, it was a cute design, it got a total "meh" from me. It's not all that, really. It's kind of an awkward shape for an insulated lunch bag and just wasn't something that I was going to use. And yeah, the handles just don't stand up like that on their own. The picture is way cuter than the reality. So I did what I do with things I buy that I can't return and want to recoup some of my money on. I put it up for bid on eBay.It was a five-day auction that I started out at 99 cents.
Last night, after 18 different bids, that little $10 bag sold for - drum roll, please! - $80. And they already paid for it with PayPal.
Damn. I should have bought more of those suckers. 800% profit is nothing to shake a stick at. All I wanted was my $10 back, really.
Then again, who is STUPID enough to spend $80 on a promotional lunch bag? I guess because you can't get them anymore? Who knows why people spend this kind of money on things.
I think my local women's shelter is going to get a little donation today. It may not be much in the great scheme of things, but at least someone else's foolishness will help out someone in need.
1 comment:
I think it's wonderful that you're donating some of your profit to charity - good for you.
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